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or consider preventing terrorism a very important foreign policy goal. well, backing wider background checks fits right on to that common sense list. >>> also, michele bachmann's back in the sideshow tonight. seems like she's kept a low profile since her presidential run, such as it was. bachmann spoke at a prayer event in washington last week and suggested that the attacks of 9/11, both in 2001, the big one, and at the diplomatic in benghazi last year were actually cases of, big surprise here, divine intervention. >> it's no secret our nation may very well be experiencing the hand of judgment. it is no secret that we all are concerned that our nation may be in a time of decline. our nation has seen judgment not once, but twice, on september 11th. >> it's our judgment. seems to be a rather stunning conclusion, i'd say. anyway, bachmann had floated the same idea two years ago after hurricane irene saying that hurricane was a sign of the evils of government spending. >> i don't know how much god has to do to get the attention of the politicians. we had an
or consider preventing terrorism a very important foreign policy goal. well, backing wider background checks fits right on to that common sense list. >>> also, michele bachmann's back in the sideshow tonight. seems like she's kept a low profile since her presidential run, such as it was. bachmann spoke at a prayer event in washington last week and suggested that the attacks of 9/11, both in 2001, the big one, and at the diplomatic in benghazi last year were actually cases of, big...
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policy predictions or pronouncements. >> lawrence, i think you're being unfair. they did say there were red lines over iraq, and saddam hussein, being saddam hussein, crossed them. you can't doubt their sincerity of desire to go to war. the weapons of mass destruction were overstated. they did in fact invade iraq. >> yeah, they were incapable of changing course in their predetermined desires of what to do, no matter what kind of information came their way, there wasn't any kind of intelligence that could derail them from where they were going in iraq. >> which is why exactly john mccain is saying we need to do it all over again. the outcome wasn't exactly what they planned. maybe the do over is the right thing. in all seriousness, what the president said was that his calculation would change. right now, the calculator in the president's brain is turning over in some random fashion. i tell you what has changed. what has changed the last couple days, israel has attacked targets inside syria without apparently losing any planes to syrian air defense. that is part of
policy predictions or pronouncements. >> lawrence, i think you're being unfair. they did say there were red lines over iraq, and saddam hussein, being saddam hussein, crossed them. you can't doubt their sincerity of desire to go to war. the weapons of mass destruction were overstated. they did in fact invade iraq. >> yeah, they were incapable of changing course in their predetermined desires of what to do, no matter what kind of information came their way, there wasn't any kind of...
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. >> i think a foreign policy gone wrong here. syria, libya, egypt. i think the greater story is that the light footprint approach to the mideast in a time of turmoil is not working. >> you think there's a misplaced focus and it may explain what's going on with syria, that the real question is what was the policy in libya when we got rid of gadhafi, did he not have a plan in place to rebuild that country and is that having an m impact on syria policy. >> i think the thing that jumps out at you, it's a country that isn't really being governed. militias control most of the country. training, helping more with security, i don't want to see boots on the ground in syria. that's not the kind of footprint i want to see happening. but i do think as i mention eed earler, we need to be more involved in helping the secular opposition groups be trained and the arming now is more symbolic, but there's no question that look, in libya, we got involved. i thought that was question bable. i really did, but we got involved, took gadhafi out. i think it sent signals to
. >> i think a foreign policy gone wrong here. syria, libya, egypt. i think the greater story is that the light footprint approach to the mideast in a time of turmoil is not working. >> you think there's a misplaced focus and it may explain what's going on with syria, that the real question is what was the policy in libya when we got rid of gadhafi, did he not have a plan in place to rebuild that country and is that having an m impact on syria policy. >> i think the thing that...
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this was academic research on immigration and his corresponding policy conclusions from back in 2009. basically, the foreign foreigners immigrating to the united states lacked the intellectual capacity to properly contribute to white american society. it's innate. they are uneducated. they will always be uneducated, so will their children be, based on those conclusions that he made back in 2009. it is not difficult to see where the basic idea of the new study from the heritage foundation came from. when asked about the authorship of their new immigration report and his past dabbling in, well, what seems like eugenics, the foundation put out a statement, quote, dr. richwine did not shape the methodology of the heritage paper, he provided quantitative support to the lead author. so, don't worry, our report is still totally legit. he just did the counting part. he just did the quantitative part. so, mark sanford, welcome to washington, where you amazingly do not have the most terrifying past. and immigration reform with enemies like these, i think you might be just fine. back with us now
this was academic research on immigration and his corresponding policy conclusions from back in 2009. basically, the foreign foreigners immigrating to the united states lacked the intellectual capacity to properly contribute to white american society. it's innate. they are uneducated. they will always be uneducated, so will their children be, based on those conclusions that he made back in 2009. it is not difficult to see where the basic idea of the new study from the heritage foundation came...
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in the foreign policy team. we see them over there with a portrait, a painting of a naval ship. presented to the former navy officer in vietnam. these are two vietnam veterans, they've got a lot of military experience between them. but the real issue now is what should the u.s. do. should the u.s. as john mccain has said, and martin indic, one of your former colleagues said, do a limited no fly zone and do stand off action. air strikes. that's something you've been writing about. >> form follows function. and the reality is that the military power is an instrument. it's an instrument to achieve an end game. without a clear sense of what that end game is, we have to correlate quite precisely, or as price prooe sizely as we can, what are we trying tie cheev. if you want to overthrow the current government of syria, the president should declare that is a vital national interest and design a military strategy to do so. but what i don't want to see is america getting stuck with a check on this one. and the reality is, we are uniquely positioned to get stuck with that check. we're com
in the foreign policy team. we see them over there with a portrait, a painting of a naval ship. presented to the former navy officer in vietnam. these are two vietnam veterans, they've got a lot of military experience between them. but the real issue now is what should the u.s. do. should the u.s. as john mccain has said, and martin indic, one of your former colleagues said, do a limited no fly zone and do stand off action. air strikes. that's something you've been writing about. >> form...
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policy challenge looms in syria. >> i think it would be adequate for him to send a very firm message, perhaps in the form of a few cruise missiles. >> reporter: but republican senator john mccain labeled the white house response so far a tragedy. >> the president has avoided involvement in syria, much to the shame and disgrace of the united states of america. >> is this an accurate or inaccurate portrayal of how the president has been handling? >> we strongly disagree with those comments. the fact of the matter is, jumping to conclusions and acting before you have all the facts is not a good recipe for weighty policy decision making. >> reporter: and white house aides argue the administration has taken significant steps, including tens of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid to the syrian people and distance to the opposition, but what happens next, arm the rebels, a no-fly zone to protect them? the president won't rule anything out except, it seems, u.s. troops on the ground. >> i do not foresee a scenario in which boots on the ground in syria, american boots on the ground in syr
policy challenge looms in syria. >> i think it would be adequate for him to send a very firm message, perhaps in the form of a few cruise missiles. >> reporter: but republican senator john mccain labeled the white house response so far a tragedy. >> the president has avoided involvement in syria, much to the shame and disgrace of the united states of america. >> is this an accurate or inaccurate portrayal of how the president has been handling? >> we strongly...
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as we talk about syria, you have a smackdown between two giants of foreign policy. who are they and what do they say? >> one of them is named john mccain. >> he's a biggy. >> he makes the case for intervention. he says the takeaway there is he says our values are our interests and interests are our vam values. he talks about president clinton intervening in bosnia. he says there are atrocities happening here, we're americans, we have responsibilities. >> that's a heavyweight battle. >> he thinks interventional action costs us so much more. two very compelling points of view. >> it's the basics in american foreign policy between realism and idealism. brilliantly done here. mccain is very crusading. it's good to have that debate. >> do you know walters is so smart? he's got the aspen institute. i'm going to have an institute. >> thoroughbreds. the cover is the many, many, many generation. why the millenials will save us. check out the website for never before seen google time lapse images. very cool. we're at the exclusive el chorro lodge in paradise valley, arizona w
as we talk about syria, you have a smackdown between two giants of foreign policy. who are they and what do they say? >> one of them is named john mccain. >> he's a biggy. >> he makes the case for intervention. he says the takeaway there is he says our values are our interests and interests are our vam values. he talks about president clinton intervening in bosnia. he says there are atrocities happening here, we're americans, we have responsibilities. >> that's a...